The Fae Keeper veers into some heavy territory. That’s not to mention the secret communities of Changelings redefining what witch magic looks like and the dangerous creatures that snuck through the open Faery Door lurking around in the woods. Meanwhile, someone keeps trying to assassinate Emyr and his dethroned father, the Pierce family are wreaking havoc in Asalin, and the other earthbound faery kingdoms are either staying out of it or getting a little too involved. The future of the kingdom rests in the hands of a group of queer teens unsure of how to establish a democracy without its citizens immediately turning it back into a fascist state. Emyr is also desperately trying – and largely failing – to keep Asalin from fracturing into civil war. Wyatt and Emyr are on the hunt for Derek Pierce and his sister Clarke. This second book opens a couple weeks after the events of the first. Edgmon’s The Fae Keeper, the sequel to last year’s excellent young-adult fantasy The Witch King, is more vicious than its predecessor, taking the premise of oppressed witches fighting back against their fae oppressors and cranking it up to eleven.
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